Medan vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Medan	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$500	$352
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1369	$857
🏠 One person rent	$200	$137
🏘️ Family rent	$417	$259
🍽️ Food expenses	$185	$134
🚐 Transport expenses	$39.9	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$269	$175
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	52	48
😀 Quality of life	45	42
🏙️ Population	2.11M	1.97M

The cost of living in Medan is 42% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 8502nd and 9085th ($500 vs $352) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 35th and 5th in Indonesia and Pakistan, respectively. Check Indonesia vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Medan compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Medan ranked 14th best city to live in Indonesia vs Peshawar ranked 6th in Pakistan, while ranked 6617th and 6943rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Medan vs Peshawar

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	Medan	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.34	$2.88
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.4	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.03	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.79	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.44	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$190	$89.6
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$115	$56.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$449	$237
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$131
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41	$62.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.1	$96.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.9	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.04%	23.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1660	$183
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$636	$152
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$6.93	$5.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.93	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.38	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.16	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.42	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$4.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.78	$3.26
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.3	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$0.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.8	$1.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.1	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.51	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.86	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$0.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$9.11
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.27	$4.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$4.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.87	$2.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$11.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$34.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$63.3	$31.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11223	$457

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Cities near Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$483
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$485
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$499
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$472
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$515
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$443
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$565
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$638
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$596
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$566
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$578
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$550
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$544
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$587
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$553
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$650
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$496
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$582
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$453
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$644
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$645
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$743
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$539
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$480
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$487
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$545
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$554
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$520
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$403
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$602
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$697
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$558
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$611
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$870
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$455
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$653
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$739
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$609
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$482
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$465

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$307
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$335
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$347
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$238
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$311
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$389
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$423
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$449
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$567
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$278
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$330
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$281
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$277
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$455
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$344
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$303
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$393
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$364
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$289
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$240
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$298
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$337
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$268
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$399
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$260
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$386
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$445
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$290
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$508
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$328
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$307
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$399
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$338
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$394
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632